Private Project

ultravoKal

While on the run, Erwan, a young defector, meets Celia, a lost soul who joins him in his getaway. They are both trailed by an old man, Institoris, sent by the system to track them down and seize them, dead or alive.

  • Christophe Karabache
    Director
  • Christophe Karabache
    Writer
  • Vincent Fournier (Dragway productions)
    Producer
  • Angelo Aybar
    Key Cast
    "Institoris"
  • Stevens Fay
    Key Cast
    "Erwan"
  • Claudia Fortunato
    Key Cast
    "Célia"
  • Aurélian Pechméja
    Director of photography
  • Tangi Troalen
    Sound
  • Michel Duprez
    Music
  • Gauthier Keyaerts
    Music
  • Vincent Honca
    Music
  • Stephan Ink
    Music
  • Christophe Karabache
    Editing
  • Céline Zwick
    Assistant-camera
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, Western, Neo-noir
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 33 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 18, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Belgium
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    RED (6K)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • AWFF - Almeria Western Film Festival
    Tabernas
    Spain
    October 13, 2018
    Premio especial del Jurado al mejor Largometraje Neo-western (Best NeoWestern)
  • ARFF//Amsterdam - Around International Film Festival

    Official Selection (Best Feature Film)
  • South Film and Arts Academy Festival

    Chile
    7 awards (Best Feature)
  • Jean-Luc Godard Awards
    Calcutta
    India
    September 16, 2018
    Jean-Luc Godard Award (Best Post-Modern Film)
  • The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    Best Feature Film
  • Bahia Independent Cinema Festival
    Salvadore
    Brazil
    November 4, 2018
    Best Narrative Feature Film
  • On The Road Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    November 30, 2018
    Special Mention "Girls on the Road"
  • Gold Movie Awards
    London
    Best Director
  • Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
    Idyllwild, California
    United States
    March 5, 2019
    Nominations (Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Feature)
  • Festival Cinematográfico de Mérida
    Mérida
    Mexico
    February 9, 2019
    Mejor Direccion (Best Director)
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival

    Best Director
  • Maverick Movie Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Best Sound Design
  • Ciudad de México International Film Festival
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    July 19, 2019
    Jury Special Award
Distribution Information
  • Visiosfeir Distribution
    Rights: Theatrical
Director Biography - Christophe Karabache

French-Lebanese filmmaker. Born in Beirut in 1979, he completed his Masters in Cinema Studies at Université Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) and through a joint program at The University of Iowa (USA).
He began his exploration of film at l’Etna, an alternative workshop in Paris. He initially made experimental films.
His current filmmaking practice shifts between documentary and fiction.
His films have been showcased at several international film festivals (in the USA, Lebanon, New Caledonia, Bosnia, Canada, UK, Greece, France, Benine, Australia, Hungary, Germany, Venezuela, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania, Poland, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, India, Mexico, Ireland, Bulgaria, Chile, Uruguay, etc.) and theatrically released in France by Visiosfeir Distribution. A documentary about his work is edited on DVD by RE:VOIR (Paris).
In 2018, he signed a global distribution deal with SMG (New York).

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Director Statement

Through minimal mise-en-scène and subtle editing, the film tragically depicts characters on a downward spiral. They waver between energy, exhaustion, and suffering.
The subversion of classic « Western » film codes sets the film in the realm of visceral drama, made up of flesh, noise, silence and fury; a kind of surrealist manhunt.
Besides its metaphor of power and order (the Inquisition), « ultravoKal » portrays a certain system which controls beings in order to dominate and destroy them.